插翅難飛
See also: 插翅难飞
Chinese
disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good |
to fly | |||
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trad. (插翅難飛) | 插翅 | 難 | 飛 | |
simp. (插翅难飞) | 插翅 | 难 | 飞 |
Etymology
Literally: even if one grew wings, it would be difficult to fly away
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ ㄔˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄈㄟ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chachìh nán fei
- Wade–Giles: chʻa1-chʻih4 nan2 fei1
- Yale: chā-chr̀ nán fēi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chachyh nan fei
- Palladius: чачи нань фэй (čači nanʹ fɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹ nän³⁵ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: caap3 ci3 naan4 fei1
- Yale: chaap chi nàahn fēi
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsaap8 tsi3 naan4 fei1
- Guangdong Romanization: cab3 qi3 nan4 féi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰaːp̚³ t͡sʰiː³³ naːn²¹ fei̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 插翅難飛
- unable to escape